Hungry Ghost Festival (History, Legends, Activities, and Things to Avoid )

The Hungry Ghost Festival is one of the Chinese major festivals that is focused on venerating the ancestors, just like other festivals like the famous Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Festival) and the Double Ninth Festival.The Hungry Ghost Festival is also known as the Zhongyuan Festival (中元節),…

Qixi Festival or Double Seventh Festival (Legend – Origin – Traditions)

As the name “Double Seventh” suggests, the Festival is held every 7th day of the 7th month. However, keep in mind that as with other Chinese Festivals, the Double Seventh Festival, or also called Qixi Festival (七夕), is celebrated based on the Chinese Lunar Calendar rather than our Gregorian…

Chinese Elm Bonsai Tree – Styles, Care, Pruning, Problems

The Chinese Elm (Ulmus Parvifolia) is one of the most popular types of bonsai trees that are grown by many bonsai and gardening enthusiasts.

A key reason for this popularity is because unlike many other types of bonsai trees that are difficult to manage and need lots of concern and time, the Chinese…

Chinese Dragon Boat Festival (Origins and Traditions)

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most popular festivals in Chinese culture and in China, it is considered as important as other big Chinese festivals (Spring Festival/Chinese New Year, Lantern Festival, and Ching Ming Festival, among others)

The Chinese Method of Tea-Making: Your Guide to Gongfu Cha

In this guide, we will discuss the Chinese method of tea-making. China has a long-term tea-making tradition called the “gongfu tea ceremony” (工夫茶) or also called “kungfu tea ceremony” (功夫茶), which can be literally translated into “making tea with great skill”.

Ching Ming Festival -Tomb Sweeping Day (History, Legend, and Traditions)

The Ching Ming Festival is considered one of the most important festivals in Chinese culture. Yes, it’s not as big as the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) or the Lantern Festival, but the Ching Ming Festival is still considered a sacred tradition upheld by many Chinese people and those of Chinese …

4 Traditional Chinese Percussion Instruments: History, and Facts (Video)

Throughout Chinese folk music and opera, the percussion instruments can be used to highlight the music’s rhythm and also to assist tonal changes. They can also be grouped together in a percussion ensemble.

6 Traditional Chinese Wind Instruments (History and Facts)

The Chinese wind instruments refer to all musical instruments which are played by passing an airstream through a pipe, and throughout history, there are many different types of the Chinese wind instruments with various shapes, tonal qualities, and playing methods.

7 Traditional Chinese String Instruments: History and Facts

Music has been a very important part of Chinese history and tradition. Even today, Chinese music still has that distinct characteristic that isn’t found anywhere else, mainly due to the unique sound of the traditional Chinese string instruments. Below, we will discuss some of the most popular Chinese…

Chinese Lantern Festival (History, Legends, and Traditions)

The lantern festival is one of the most important festivals in Chinese culture. Also known as 元宵節; Yuánxiāo jié (translated into the Yuan Xiao Festival), this festival is celebrated on the 15th day on the first month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar, or in short, 15 days after the Chinese New…

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